Friend's shirt got caught in the undercarriage of the lorry, which made a round in the carpark before stopping. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - A man breached Covid-19 measures to drink with his friends in 2020 and, with his blood alcohol level more than double the prescribed limit, drove a lorry and dragged one of them along the road.
On Wednesday, K. Pradeep Ram, 41, was sentenced to 21 months and two weeks’ jail and fined $5,000. He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years. Deputy Public Prosecutor Timotheus Koh said that on May 24, 2020, at around 9pm, Pradeep and his friend Pravin met at another friend’s house for dinner and drinks.
At around 4.45am, Pradeep and Pravin left the house and Pradeep offered to take Pravin home using his company lorry, which was parked at a carpark in Choa Chu Kang.At the carpark, Pradeep and Pravin started tussling with each other while intoxicated. They pushed, wrestled and used road traffic cones to hit each other. Almost an hour later, Pravin lay down on a road hump at the carpark. Pradeep then started driving his lorry in a dangerous manner.
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